KINSTON, N.C. (AP) - An unknown man approached a woman in her car, doused her with gasoline and set her on fire, police said Monday.
An officer flagged down by a passerby found a 24-year-old woman on a sidewalk who was suffering severe burns to her upper body, Kinston police said in a Facebook post.
According to investigators, the woman was driving a car which had stopped when she was approached by an unknown person who doused the victim with a flammable liquid and set her on fire. The suspect in this case has been described as a black male of 20-30 years.
Emergency personnel responded to the victim, who was taken to a local hospital before she was flown to North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center in Chapel Hill. Her condition wasn’t known on Monday.
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